Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , whilst it is possible to identify some broad directions of change it remains difficult to decide the precise implications . |
| 2 | just like that crazy after what , forty odd years of smoking he stopped it just like that , and then when the doctor said when he 'd been , after he 'd got the results back , you know , all the , all the ones they do at the hospital then |
| 3 | When Beveridge addressed the different primary causes of need he distinguished what he saw as the ‘ problem ’ of age from the needs created by disability : the former being concerned with retirement from work as a result of age and the latter concerning the inability of a person of working age to work as a result of illness or accident . |
| 4 | Marillion are now looking like the full-scale international merchants of pomp they 've always aimed at being . |
| 5 | One of the few circumstantial items of information we have suggests that if the Romans had not destroyed Carthage the Carthaginian intellectuals , like the Greek intellectuals , would have become pro-Roman . |
| 6 | Whether you are in the middle of a relationship crisis or some anxiety-making moves at work it seems you must be prepared to move on . |
| 7 | Let me give you some other examples in case you feel there is some doubt because of course it 's one test . |
| 8 | In most professions it was suicide to admit to being a homosexual , and in some macho jobs like bricklaying it was probably asking for a brick to be dropped upon one 's head . |
| 9 | In such rapid alternations of mood he rescues his hero from the risk of monotony in the way he has chosen to reveal his feelings . |
| 10 | On the other hand , the same in gel protection analysis performed on a putatively irrelevant , faster-migrating species [ absence of additional protected zones in DNase I footprinting , not arising from Jun degradation ( data not shown ) ] demonstrated its non-specific nature ( low affinity , highly electrostatic interaction of abundant proteins that are present in excess to binding-site DNA ) by displaying a cleavage pattern indistinguishable from that derived from the free probe . |
| 11 | Before speculating on the value of such huge quantities of information it is important to see this as part of larger systems of business information and decision taking . |
| 12 | Over the eight square feet of hole he had nailed a blanket . |
| 13 | In view of these possible sources of error it is surprising that extrapolated profiles ever yield results of any value . |
| 14 | When we examine a specific case from these different points of view it becomes obvious that they may all contribute to our understanding . |
| 15 | When the ironing was being done , if he came in , holding out a shirt or a collar for special attention before he put it on , he caught , sometimes , among the warm bread-like goodness of pressed linen and cotton , fragrant from soap and water , the stab of pungent humanity , a momentary trace as the heavy iron stamped the armpit of one of his daughters ' blouses , the ferrous , lively whiff of blood lingering around the soft white squares of cotton they wore during their time of the month . |
| 16 | He did n't deserve it , yet she could n't stop the cold sick waves of fear she felt at what might happen to him . |
| 17 | and er that may sound er a bit exaggerated but I can assure you that 's what happened , that er , to go to , to be able to file these , these little scraps of paper they had to stick it on another sheet |
| 18 | To help keep these bold bloodsuckers at bay we rubbed wet salt on our boots . |
| 19 | It is difficult at any time to represent a large body of one 's fellows ; in these critical days of reconstruction it is harder than ever . |
| 20 | In these other bodies of law we see more influence of foreign law than elsewhere in our legal system . |
| 21 | Having perused the readers ads in the treasured final pages of Guitarist it would help if the advertiser indicated his area next to his area code , and that they did not ask overambitious prices . |
| 22 | After three enjoyable years as chairman I believe it 's time to stand down I shall miss those monthly meetings at thank you Betty for all the tea and coffee making but I shall have many happy memories , I suppose to me the highlights were the fiftieth anniversary celebration and the brilliant production of Stepping Out . |
| 23 | Count how many different types of butterfly you can find . |
| 24 | The whole of the party were in excellent health and had well tried each others stamina in walking up mountains etc. etc. but having so many interesting objects in view they had allowed no difficulty or danger to impede their progress . |
| 25 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 26 | Later on , you can guide their play by , say , suggesting that they see how many little cups of water it takes to full the big jug , or by getting them to find out how long it takes to fill a floating cup with water until it sinks . |
| 27 | Old-fashioned mathematics you used to have to do calculations of how many square feet of linoleum you |
| 28 | With so many major projects in hand she wanted to make sure that everything was in a fit state . |
| 29 | For all practical purposes in traffic it does not matter which gear is engaged and there is never any lack of overtaking power . ’ |
| 30 | Through the long slow hours of darkness he saw her lovely face and forgot that she did not love him . |